Heather POV What does she mean to keep them alive and save the bloodline? I could see the pain in her eyes and hear the desperation and fear in her voice. “OK, I’ll tell you, but can we do it in private? I would feel more comfortable with fewer people. Plus, I don’t know how much the boys would want me to say in front of a lot of people.” Mona looked at me with a huge smile of thanks on her face. “How about I get a hold of Lyla? I’ll ask her if you can spend another night here at the packhouse. Then after supper you and I will have some bonding time and will talk about what happened.” Mona picked up her phone and dialled Grandma. When she got off the phone she asked Meg if she would drive me out to Lyla’s house, my home now too, so that I could pick up stuff for the night. The four of us stand to leave Mona’s office, Dawn faces the computer screen. “Jacob just linked me. He and Zane are ready to go. He said that they wanted to be leaving in the next half an hour, so we'd be home b
Heather POV At that moment, Janice walks back in with four of the younger kitchen staff and a little girl who looks to be about eight to ten years old. If you have ever seen a picture of the child actress Shirley Temple, you would think you were looking at her twin. I’m not sure what colour hair Shirley Temple had but this one has dark mahogany colour with beautiful ringlets and light mossy green eyes. Her parents are going to have a hell of a time keeping the boys away from her as she gets older. “You were right,” Janice said as she walked up to Meg. “Your father took the clothes I had, he said they would take them since I was probably busy with food prep. Alpha Shane grabbed a plastic bag from the closet, they went outside and I watched as they put all the clothes in it. They then walked right over to the boys.” Janice turns and gestures for the little girl to come forward. “Molly dear, please tell Megan what you heard.” “Ok, Grandma.” All four of us crouch down so we are close
Levi POV Oh Goddess, what did I do? I didn’t know she was there with them. I know that if Reed had known she was here he wouldn’t have talked about punishments. The poor girl has had enough of that in her nine years of existence to last a lifetime. Jacob, Zane, Heather and Dawn may not know her story, but the rest of us do. I pulled her arms from around my waist, picked her up and carried her down to the table in the kitchen, asking everyone to follow. I pulled out a chair and set her down on it. I crouch down so I’m at eye level with her. “Molly, look at me.” She slowly raised her head until her eyes to meet mine. “What have I always told you?” “No one, not even the Alphas, will ever punish me the way I was punished before.” “That’s right, but you did dump ice-cold water on me, didn’t you?” “No, I did not, Levi. I dumped it on the new cuties.” She says as she points towards Jacob and Zane, who are standing by the sliding doors to the back yard with Dawn in front of them before wi
Heather POV We were out front saying good-bye to Dawn, Zane and Jacob, when Jacob grabbed my hand. “Can I talk to you over around the side of the building for a minute?” He linked me. I followed him around the corner. As soon as we are out of eyesight of the others, he wraps one arm around my waist, slides the fingers of his other hand through my hair and cups the back of my head. “Can I get one more kiss before I leave? I need something to hold me over for the next two weeks. Maybe we can get a little more alone time when we’re back for Quinn's party.” I reach my hands up to link them around Jacobs neck and stand on my tip toes. Damn, I hate being short. Jacob uses the arm he has around my waist to lift me the rest of the way to his lips. The kiss is soft, gentle, not heated like the first kiss against the tree. It seems even less heated than the one we shared when we first got the lake yesterday. Jacob is a good kisser. I think, not like I have a lot to compare it, but the passion
Reed POV I raised my hand to knock on the office door, but before I could, I heard Mom’s soft voice. “Come on in, boys.” Mom was seated on one end of the couch she had in the office curled up with a cup of tea in her hands. Dad was standing by the small bar behind the desk. “Before we get started boys, how strong of a drink am I going to need for this talk?” Lucas and I sit ourselves down in the two wingback chairs that sit across from the couch. I turned towards Dad to answer him. “Well, we haven’t done anything wrong, we just have some questions about a couple of things that have happened. So you choose.” Dad lets out a long sigh, grabs four glasses, a bottle of scotch and makes his way over to the couch beside Mom. He places the glasses down, pours roughly two shots into each glass, hands one to Mom as she sits forward and places her tea cup on the table. He passes one to each Lucas and I, saying as he does, “By the looks on your faces, you may need this too.” He then leans bac
Reed POV I tapped Lucas on the arm and nodded my head towards the truck. I linked Lucas as we are walking out of the house after putting the last boxes inside. “Hey do you think we should see if they want to stay for the party tonight? It would give Heather a chance to meet some of the ones she’ll be going to school with while people she knows are still here.” He answers me with, “Go for it.” We talked with Jacob and Zane for a bit after asking them about the party. Jacob was calling his Dad as we all walked around the house to where our parents were sitting with Lyla, Dawn and Heather. The first thing I smell as I get around the corner of the house is Lyla’s homemade banana bread with walnuts, my favourite. We’ll never get Dad out of here now. “Boys, did you see that? Lyla hit me.” It is the first thing that Dad says to us. “Why, what did you do this time Dad?” We asked in unison. We tend to do that a lot. Some people think it’s creepy. To us it’s normal. “My own sons won’t even
Reed POV “Oh don’t forget that thing with Quinn when we pick Heather and Dawn up,” Lucas says. “What thing?” Dad asks. “Quinn seems to be having some issues lately,” I said. My Mom pats my Dad’s knee. “Remember it’s only two weeks till his eighteenth. So take it easy, you weren’t all that great to deal with at that age either.” I look at Dad. “Quinn has been a little testy the last little while. He seemed fine when we first showed up at Lyla’s. We talked for a bit. We introduced Heather and Dawn to Quinn, Levi, Meg and April. When we went to get in the truck, we had already arranged to have Heather ride in the cab with us and Quinn. Well, the truck is so high, or you could say because Heather is so short, the step of the truck is at mid chest for her. Quinn lifted her up on the step, but then he slid his hand from her hip to her thigh and down to her mid calf. He felt her up. All I’m going to say is the feeling that that caused was really unexpected.” “You felt like tearing his h
Luna Mona POV I waited until I saw the boys heading across the yard towards the training field where Levi and Quinn were sparing before I grabbed a book off one of my shelves and sat back down beside Shane. He sat up straight in order to get a better look at the book I had. “Ok, spill, I know something the boys said has got you thinking.” “I didn’t want to say anything in front of them but I think Heather may be their mate. I know it shouldn’t be possible for them to get the strong feelings that they are only being fifteen and fourteen. The regular teenage hormones, yes, but the calming feelings and need to protect? Did you ever feel anything like what the boys described when you were that age when you would take girls up to the lookout, and don’t deny that you took girls there.” “Yes, I took girls there. No, I never felt things like what the boys were talking about, regular hormones, oh most definitely.” I let a growl escape, Shane takes the book out of my hand and sets it on the